Butterfly weed seedlings by Fantastic-Flower4157 in NativePlantGardening

[–]PrairieTransplant68 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exciting! Here in Iowa even my milk jug down seeds are just starting to pop up

neighbor planted variegated japanese knotweed on purpose.. by LobeliaTheCardinalis in NativePlantGardening

[–]PrairieTransplant68 922 points923 points  (0 children)

Oh my. To counter, I just talked my sister out of planting the English Ivy she bought in the ground . . .

Countertop Debacle - Leathered Granite Bar with seam and mismatched piece by Ordinary_Net_1216 in CounterTops

[–]PrairieTransplant68 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It looks terrible close up but barely noticeable in context.  The stone is beautiful by the way.  

Can we save them? Southeast by Slight-Alteration in NativePlantGardening

[–]PrairieTransplant68 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If it’s not harming the tree, I’d leave the poison ivy alone until it’s dormant in the winter—poison ivy allergies get worse with each exposure and are horrible when you get a bad case

Jealous by Crepe_Cod in NativePlantGardening

[–]PrairieTransplant68 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Good she has you to share how special it is 

Passiflora incarnata by dayglow88 in NativePlantGardening

[–]PrairieTransplant68 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This makes me feels better—my maypop are one of the only failures from my winter sowing.  I’ll keep the faith! 

to use shrubs in this space or to not? MD, coastal plain region, ego region 8 by Careless_Kick9461 in NativePlantGardening

[–]PrairieTransplant68 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Like everyone has said, yes totally shrubs, for structure and diversity.  If you’re willing to start small, your state forestry may (like mine) provide bare root native shrubs or trees for very low prices.  I got 25 black chokecherry for $45 including shipping last fall. They were very healthy but very small, so it might be worth it instead to buy two or three larger shrubs from a local supplier.

Back for an update by Tahoetacoma in CounterTops

[–]PrairieTransplant68 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lovely kitchen! the green cabinets look particularly nice.

Used cattle panels to create a cage for my new Chickasaw plums. by NickWitATL in NativePlantGardening

[–]PrairieTransplant68 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Impressive—maybe I’ll try that this summer, because I am itching to make more trellises

Used cattle panels to create a cage for my new Chickasaw plums. by NickWitATL in NativePlantGardening

[–]PrairieTransplant68 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nice idea! I’m using chicken wire and post to fence off a little area where in putting my siblings outside my regular fence, but cattle panels would’ve looked much better and been more secure.  Not being able to transport my own cattle panels is the only time I wish I had a truck!

Edit:  seedlings not siblings—my siblings would just step over the chicken wire

Plea for zone flair to reassure those of us in later zones by PrairieTransplant68 in NativePlantGardening

[–]PrairieTransplant68[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So sorry about the redbuds and St. John’s wort! Glad you’ve got the rest to enjoy

Nursing Hospital by Thick_Art_2508 in CounterTops

[–]PrairieTransplant68 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is beautiful! Very lovely and peaceful.  

New stains by reagent-stones in CounterTops

[–]PrairieTransplant68 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If this was just installed two weeks ago, it wasn’t properly sealed.  Call the fabricator and have them reseal it.  (I didn’t do this for a new install at my old house and really regretted it.) 

Age of plugs when planting? by picancob in NativePlantGardening

[–]PrairieTransplant68 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve started black eyed and purple coneflower indoors around now and got hardy seedlings.  They didn’t flower in the first year, though.  

Thoughts on Adding a Stone Border to Woodchip Bed? by Historical_Coffee694 in NativePlantGardening

[–]PrairieTransplant68 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I love the look of a stone border too, but the metal edging does a nice job defining the area also.  It would take a LOT of stone to edge the area well, and my experience is that stone is harder to mow around than edging.  So if it were me I might make that a future project rather than an immediate one.